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A young Moroccan died today in Teruel, in northern Spain, after his car collided with a truck, local authorities report.
The tragedy occurred around 2:25 a.m., reports the newspaper ABC. The young man, who lived in Ejulve, about a hundred kilometers from the scene of the accident, was driving a Volkswagen Passat that was traveling on the N-420 national road towards his home.
Several hours were needed for the police and firefighters to identify the victim, sources within the Guardia (…)

To avoid the assaults of illegal migrants, the Moroccan authorities have decided to significantly strengthen surveillance.
Sources cited by the EFE agency say that Morocco has significantly increased surveillance means at the border with Ceuta to "avoid the entry of sub-Saharan migrants" and assaults on the barriers.
Fixed posts have thus been installed along the 8 kilometers of this land border separating Morocco from the autonomous city of Ceuta. These posts aim to limit the assaults (…)

The Spanish police expelled on Friday to Morocco an imam who was serving in the town of San Agustín, in the south of the country. He is accused of "activities contrary to public security".
At the age of 42, this imam had adopted an "increasingly radical and strict profile in the application of the precepts of the Quran". Moreover, he has gradually become a reference in extremist circles, generating rejection from moderate Muslims, explains a source of the anti-terrorism struggle to EFE. (…)

What was just a rumor a few days ago is now official. The young Moroccan Mohamed Mizzian, who also holds Spanish nationality, has just joined the Real Madrid club, in its youth section.
At just 18 years old, the young player has been loaned by the Melilla club until the end of the season with the possibility of signing a three-year contract that the player should likely sign.
Native of the city of Melilla, Mohamed Mizzian was also mentioned in several other clubs, including the eternal (…)

A total of 19,179 Moroccan workers will be recruited in 2019 for the berry harvest, according to the Spanish Ministry of Labor.
The figure corresponds to that announced by the Moroccan Minister of Employment, Mohamed Yatim, who was counting on 20,000 Moroccan women recruited during the 2019 season. In addition to married women with children, single women will also be able to participate in the recruitment stages.
The departures of Moroccan women to the Huelva region will be done in (…)

The Moroccan police expelled two Spanish nationals at the beginning of the week who were staying at the home of a family in Laâyoune, in southern Morocco.
In a statement to EFE, one of the Spaniards, who was still in Agadir, said that several agents had shown up at the home of this family before asking them to gather their belongings and leave the territory.
"They told us that this was Morocco and that we came here for tourism and not for politics. Moreover, for our own safety, we (…)

Morocco has just asked Spain to help train Moroccan students and workers in the fields of health and tourism.
The kingdom promises in return to better fight against illegal immigration from its territory, reports the newspaper El Pais, which recalls that last year 58,000 migrants arrived on the Spanish coasts, the majority of whom were Moroccan nationals.
According to the newspaper, the Moroccan authorities want to train workers in key sectors such as tourism and health and are also (…)

The man has a heavy criminal record, report several Spanish media. He had been convicted in several cases between 2007 and 2013, notably for theft, drug trafficking, assault and domestic violence. When the police suspect him of wanting to join radical groups, he takes the direction of Morocco in 2015 to settle there.
According to the Moroccan authorities, the man trained some of the accused in this case in communication tools via new applications and trained them in shooting, the Central (…)

The incident occurred yesterday, report several local media that have broadcast the police video. As the agents were about to inspect the car and the two mattresses, the driver took the opportunity to flee towards Morocco.
The two young people were taken to the Melilla minors’ center and a medical examination will be carried out in the coming days to determine their exact age, the same sources said.